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ORGANIZATION 

FOR THE 

ENLARGEMENT 

AND EXTENSION BY 

THE STATE OF THE 

UNIVERSITY PLAN OF 

HIGHER EDUCATION 

IN TEXAS 



ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF 

ORIGIN AND PROGRAM 
OF WORK 



OFFICE OF 

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 



AUSTIN. TEXAS 
FEBRUARY lO, 1912 



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ORGANIZATION FOR THE ENLARGE- 
MENT AND EXTENSION BY THE 
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY 
PLAN OF HIGHER EDU- 
CATION IN TEXAS 



ANNOUNCEMENT 

OF 

ORIGIN AND PROGRAM OF WORK 



This Organization had its origin at the 
annual meeting of the Alumni Association 
of the University of Texas that was held in 
Austin, Texas, on June 12, 1911, at which 
meeting the following resolutions were 
unanimously adopted : 

RESOLUTIONS. 

"Resolved, That the President of the Uni- 
versity of Texas, Dr. S. E. Mezes, and the 
President of the Alumni Association, Mr. 
E. B. Parker, and such another gentleman 
as those two may select, be and are hereby 
appointed a committee of three to fonnulate 
and adopt for this Association by-laws or 
rules defining the purpose of the organiza- 
tion of the permanent standing committees, 
and such by-laws and regulations adopted by 
the subcommittee of three herein authorized 
are hereby adopted and made a part of this 
resolution as if read and carefully considered 
at this meeting. Be it further 

"Resolved, That a committee composed of 
the President of the University of Texas, 
the present President of the Alumni Associ- 
ation, the President of the Board of TJegents 
of the University of Texas, arc hereby in- 
structed to proceed, in their own way, to 



the selection of a permanent standing com- 
mittee of nine of ways and means for the 
enlargement and extension of the University 
plan, and that the first meeting of said com- 
mittee, if possible, be convened in the city 
of Austin on the first Saturday in October, 
1911. Be it further 

"Resolved, That the President of the Uni- 
versity of Texas, the present President of 
the Alumni Association of Texas, and the 
President of the Board of Eegents of the 
University of Texas be requested to select 
and authorize some suitable individual who 
will undertake, without any remuneration or 
expense, to provide a fund of not less than 
$25,000 per year nor more than $50,000 per 
year during the period of five years, payable 
in advance, in five equal annual installments 
of not less than $25,000 per year nor more 
than $50,000 per year, on the first day of 
November, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 
1915." 

BY-LAWS. 

Pursuant to resolution 1 mentioned above, 
Messrs. Mezes and Parker selected the Chair- 
man of the Board of Eegents of the Uni- 
versity of Texas, Mr. Clarence Ousley, as the 
other member of the committee; and the fol- 
lowing by-laws for the permanent organiza- 
tion were formulated and adopted : 

"1. The name of this undertaking shall 
be: Organization for the Enlargement and 
Extension by the State of the University 
Plan of Higher Education in Texas. 

"2. The objects of the organization are: 

"(a) To stimulate thought and arouse as- 
piration for higher education in Texas. 

"(b) To secure the best thought and 
counsel of competent persons engaged in ed- 
ucational work throughout the United States 
and Europe. 



"(c) To investigate and to advise the peo- 
ple of Texas what the scope of the higher 
educational institutions should be, and what 
method and adequate means of maintenance 
should be provided. This will be accom- 
plished by the application of modem busi- 
ness and scientific methods of investigation 
and determination. 

"(d) To elaborate and present a program, 
thoroughgoing and modem in its details, 
responsive to the various activities of a great 
Commonwealth. 

"3. Standing Committee. — The Standing 
Committee provided in the constituting res- 
olution shall be composed of the Chairman 
of the Board of Eegents, ex-oflficio ; the Pres- 
ident of the University, ex-officio ; the 
present President of the Alumni Association 
of the University of Texas, and six addi- 
tional persons to be selected by them, at least 
four of whom should preferably be alumni 
of the University. Members of the Stand- 
ing Committee shall serve for a period of 
ten years. Vacancies shall be filled by the 
remaining members of the committee. 

"4. Advisory Committee. — An Advisory 
Committee of eight persons shall be elected 
by the Standing Committee to serve for a 
period of five years, and shall be composed, 
preferably, of two alumni of the University, 
one banker not an alumnus, one railroad 
man not an alumnus, one other man of 
affairs not an alumnus, and three graduates 
of other universities resident in Texas. 
A'acancies shall be filled by the majority of 
a joint meeting of the Standing and the 
Advisory Committees. 

"5. Corresponding Committee. — A Cor- 
responding Committee of not fewer than five 
and not more than ten non-resident former 
Tcxans of national standing shall be selected 



by a majority of a joint meeting of the 
Standing and the Advisory Committees. 

"6. Each of the aforesaid committees 
shall elect a chairman and shall appoint 
such subcommittees as may be deemed ex- 
pedient. Each committee shall meet at the 
call of its chairman, and the chairman shall 
issue a call upon his own motion or upon the 
written request of a quorum. 

"7. Five members shall constitute a 
quorum of the Standing Committee; four 
members shall constitute a quorum of the 
Advisory Committee; three members, acting 
either in assembly or by joint signature, 
shall constitute a quorum of the Correspond- 
ing Committee; and four members of the 
Standing Committee with three members of 
the Advisory Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for a joint meeting of the said 
committees. An annual joint meeting of 
the Standing Committee and the Advisory 
Committee shall be held on the day after 
Thanksgiving of each year. 

"8. Two members of the Standing Com- 
mittee and one member of the Advisory 
Committee shall be appointed by their re- 
spective committees as the Fiuance Commit- 
tee of the Organization ; provided, that the 
Initial Committee of three shall appoint the 
first Finance Committee, to have full powers 
pro tempore, but to be subject to confirma- 
tion by the first joint meeting of the Stand- 
ing and the Advisory Committees. 

"9. The Secretary' or Secretaries of the 
Organization shall be elected by the Stand- 
ing and the Advisory Committees acting in 
joint meeting; provided, that the Finance 
Committee may appoint the Secretary at any 
time when that office is vacant, or engage a 
Secretary or Secretaries, subject to confirma- 
tion by the next ensuing joint meeting of 
the Standing and the Advisory Committees. 



"10. The funds at the disposal of this 
Organization shall be expended upon appro- 
priations made by the Standing and the 
Advisory Committees in joint session; pro- 
vided, that the Finance Committee may 
make appropriation for these committees in 
emergencies subject to their confirmation, 

"11. Such matured plan or proposals 
affecting the University of Texas as may re- 
sult from the deliberations and counsels 
of the committees shall be submitted for 
criticism to the Faculty Council of the Uni- 
versity, and then referred to the Board of 
Regents of the University for amendment, 
rejection, or approval, before submission to 
the people of Texas. 

"12. These by-laws may be amended by 
a majority of any joint meeting of the 
Standing and the Advisory Committees. 

"13. The Alumni Association of the Uni- 
versity of Texas, at any regular meeting, 
may remove any member or members of any 
committee of this Organization and elect a 
substitute or substitutes." 

In due time the Standing Committee of 
nine, to serve for a period of ten years, was 
selected; and the Committee of Three 
selected Mr. Will C. Hogg, of Houston, to 
raise the proposed endowment. Mr. Hogg 
proceeded with the work, and on October 
28, 1911, reported to the Committee that he 
had succeeded in raising an endowment ag- 
gregating $29,800 per year for a period of 
five years. 

The Standing Committee, acting under 
authority vested in it by the by-law, selected 
the Advisory Committee of eight persons, to 
serve for a term of five years. Membership 
of the Corresponding Committee at this date 
has not been completed. 

The Finance Committee authorized in the 
by-laws was selected and is composed of 



Messrs. S. E. Mezes and E. B. Parker of 
the Standing Committee and Mr. Will C. 
Hogg of the Advisory Committee. 

The Standing Committee and the Advis- 
ory Committee, as the Board of Control of 
the Organization, held a meeting at Hous- 
ton, Texas, on January 15, 1912, elected 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction 
F. M. Bralley as the Executive Secretary of 
the Organization, Mr. Arthur Lefevre hav- 
ing been previously elected as the Organiza- 
tion's Secretary for Eesearch ; and after full 
discussion unanimously adopted the program 
of work for the current calendar year. 

TO INFORM THE PEOPLE. 

"1. That this Organization distribute as 
widely as possible throughout Texas infor- 
mation on the following points : 

"(a) The present plants, activities, and 
amounts and methods of support of the 
University of Texas, the Agricultural and 
Mechanical College, the College of Indus- 
trial Arts, and the State Normal Schools. 

"(b) The needed improvements of and 
additions to the plants and activities of 
these institutions, and the increased income 
and support necessary to make these im- 
provements and additions, based upon a 
study of similar institutions elsewhere. 

"(c) The value to the people of Texas 
of the present services of these institutions, 
and the increased benefit to them of the serv- 
ices that could be rendered with improved 
and additional facilities. 

"2. That the Organization employ the 
following means and methods, among others, 
with such modifications as may prove ex- 
pedient: 

"(a) Bulletins and special articles to be 
sent to United States Senators and Con- 



gressmen. State Legislators, Judges of the 
Appellate Courts, County and City School 
Superintendents, Presidents and Secretaries 
of Commercial and other Clubs, jSTewspaper 
Editors, High School Principals, Subscrib- 
ers to the Fund, Members of the Faculties 
of Colleges and Normals in the State, and 
other suitable persons. 

"(b) Charts to be posted in courthouses, 
public libraries, chambers of commerce, and 
other suitable public places. 

"(c) Special articles and other matter 
in the leading daily papers, also appropriate 
matter in country papers. 

"(d) Attendance in person or by deputy, 
and addresses, at all important teachers' and 
other public meetings and fairs in the State. 

"(e) Special mailing cards to be sent to 
a list of several thousand selected persons. 

"(f) Suitable exhibits for the State and 
principal county fairs, accompanied where- 
ever sent by some person competent to ex- 
plain them. 

"campaign committee. 

"3. That this Organization invite the 
governing boards of the University of Texas, 
the Agricultural and Mechanical College, 
the College of Industrial Arts, and the State 
Normal Schools to co-operate with it in its 
campaign of education ; that each of the 
said governing boards be requested to ap- 
point a suitable person to represent its in- 
stitution or body; that the said four ap- 
pointees, the General Agent of The Confer- 
ence for Education in Texas, and two rep- 
resentatives of this Organization shall con- 
stitute an Educational Campaign Commit- 
tee to formulate methods and provide ma- 
terials for publicity for the current calendar 
year; that one of the said two representa- 
tives of this Organization shall be its Execu- 



tive Secretary, and also the Executive Sec- 
retary of the said Educational Campaign 
Committee." 

The General Agent of The Conference for 
Education in Texas was elected to serve as a 
member of the Educational Campaign Com- 
mittee. 

Education is fundamental to the welfare 
of the Commonwealth, and Texas has under- 
taken to maintain an efficient system of edu- 
cation, beginning with the common public 
schools and extending up to and including 
the University of Texas. The State insti- 
tutions of higher learning are therefore in- 
tegral parts of our system of education, and 
all patriotic citizens and friends of education 
in Texas believe that they should be in all 
respects the equal of the best institutions of 
their kind in the entire country. 

The sympathetic and active co-operation 
of the people is hereby solicited, to the end 
that our educational facilities may be made 
equal to the demands of present-day civili- 
zation. 

S. E. Mezes, Austin, Texa?, 
Clarence Ousley, Fort Worth, Texas, 

E. B. Parker, Houston, Texas, 
R. L. Batts, Austin, Texas, 

M. Sansom, Fort Worth, Texas, 
George A. Eobertson, Dallas, Texas, 
John W. Hopkins, Galveston, Texas, 

F. C. Proctor, Beaumont, Texas, 
W. H. BuRGES, El Paso, Texas, 

Standing Committee. 

S. P. Brooks, Waco, Texas, 
Will C. Hogg, Houston, Texas, 
Frank Kell, Wichita Falls, Texas, 
C. LoMBARDi, Dallas, Texas, 

E. 0. LovETT, Houston, Texas, 
Charles Schreiner, Kerrville, Texas, 
Ed. C. Lasater, Falfurrias, Texas, 

F. M. Bralley, Austin, Texas, 

Advisoiy Committee. 



For further information, address 
F. M. Bralley, 

Executive Secretary, 

Austin, Texas. 



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